#162A4D#162A4D

#162A4D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.069 H 260.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A4D
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 77)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(218, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 45.5%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.28, 5.19, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.28, 24.58, 282.20°)
OKLab	oklab(28.85% -0.0111 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(28.85% 0.069 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.4979, 2.3621, 7.3440)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A4D #4D3916

analogous

#16464D #162A4D #1E164D

triadic

#162A4D #4D162A #2A4D16

tetradic

#162A4D #4D1646 #4D3916 #164D1E

square

#162A4D #4D1646 #4D3916 #164D1E

split-complementary

#162A4D #4D1E16 #464D16

monochromatic

#070D18 #08101D #162A4D #24447D #315EAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#162A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#162A4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A4D

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A4D	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12284C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.069 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a637f',
    500: '#162a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a4d;
$custom-light: #5a637f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28853,
    "c": 0.06935,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A4D

secondary

#856A3A

accent

#A849DF

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A4D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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